TGA and TEX

hi folks, im tryin to learn how to edit tex files and stuff, i know that they have to be replaced by TGA files but how do i create these? For example if i wanted to replace the rreplay buttons with a blank space ie nothing, i go to paint and save a blank canvas with the same dimensions as the tex files but i cannot save it as a tga file to put into GP master, any help?

also, in the carset downloads there is a really primitive 2002 livery set for 1mb (in .rar form to be installed in gp master in the textures section) which ive downloaded as i have a 56k, however i cannot find carshapes that fit these liveries, again any hepl would be appreciated...



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gp4 usis .tga files for its images, ie textures.
but some/most of thes are stored in a .tex format, which usually contains 4 .tgas of different sizes ready for mipmaps. use gpmaster to extract largest .tga from relevent .text file and then use gpmaster to reinsert edited version.

Yep, that's right, but dont forget to DOWNSAMPLE your tga's, if you forget this, you become some ugly cars!!!!!!!!!